The Absolute Worst Thing About Indonesia

Posted on March 29, 2013 by melanie aleman • Leave a comment

Mold is the ABSOLUTE WORST thing about living in Indonesia. I clean and wipe it off daily and safeguard my clothes and shoes to my best ability and it still grows. I’m over the rainy season. Nothing is ever dry! Does anyone know how to stop this madness?!? Continue reading →

Australia / Peace Corps / People / Photography / Travel

100 Hours in Sydney

Posted on March 16, 2013 by melanie aleman • 7 Comments

Leaving Indonesia after almost a year of Peace Corps was more needed than I could’ve imagined. Right before parting, I was feeling rather irritable at everything here, mostly the food, the rain, the mold and the motorcycles—one, which crashed into me while I rode my bike the day before my trip. (I’m fine, it was … Continue reading →